Somewhere between the aspiration and Hollywood, is a gulf where many would-be filmmakers are lost. This blog is about recording my insights, mapping the progress and unearthing the truth along the way.

Getting what I came for,
C.M. Sanchez III
Film Student
Brooklyn, NY

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

On The Power of Short Production

Cable TV, with the bar set by OZ and the Sopranos and the Wire, is now like 10 hour films broken up only by compelling climax (no commercials) and enough characters for everyone to identify with in their own way. There are structural benefits to this model and they can be phased to fit into the short-film production mode by constructing scripts with a franchise in mind. Observe the new standards carefully and if you strike out on your own with a webisode, consider a franchise genre in sci-fi, horror, or comedy and blend in drama, the supernatural, western or noire conventions. Or flip them. Be as inventive as you would with any concept for film because the lines have completely blurred. Once a nice meatty pilot is invented you can go for the kickstarter campaign.I haven't watched any of these. I have too much TV to catch up on. I'm depending on your vote for my entertainment in about six months.Lets get what we came for,C. M. Sanchez III

About Me

I've worked too many jobs growing up that had no meaning and frankly the life before film-making is all a wash. I've never been tested the way I've been tested in this practice. And it's so not over.

I'm currently graduating with a B.F.A. in Creative Writing and a minor in Film. Was a thesis film away from a 2nd major in production and I'll probably always half regret not just doing it but without a matching education in micro-budget distribution and grass roots marketing, that 5-15 grand would have been a waste and a further burden added to my already steep student loans. Time to take it on the road.